[Event "≤2000 Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/gLpgxuaL"] [Date "2022.08.25"] [White "Balmond"] [Black "DurableElk"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2022.08.25"] [UTCTime "14:19:18"] [WhiteElo "1590"] [BlackElo "1846"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } 3. Nf3 d5?! { (0.16 → 0.90) Inaccuracy. a6 was best. } (3... a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6) 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1?! { (1.07 → 0.34) Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (7. d4 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Be3 a6) 7... Nf6 8. d3 h6?! { (0.19 → 0.85) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (8... O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Re8 11. b3 Be6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Ba3 h6 14. c3 Qc7 15. d4) 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Qf3? { (1.06 → -0.09) Mistake. Bxc6 was best. } (10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 Kf8 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Qe3 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 g5 16. Qf3 Kg7) 10... Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Nc3 d4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Qa5 16. Bf4 b6 17. Qg3?! { (0.74 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (17. g3 Rae8) 17... Bf6?! { (0.00 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Rfe8 was best. } (17... Rfe8 18. h4 Bf8 19. Qf3 Qb5 20. b3 Qc6 21. Bd2 Re6 22. Re1 Rae8 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Kf1) 18. Bxh6 Rfe8 19. h3 Re1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 21. Kh2 Re8?? { (1.42 → 6.80) Blunder. Qe6 was best. } (21... Qe6 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. f4 Kf8 25. h4 g6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Rxh5 Re3 28. Qg4) 22. Bg5?? { (6.80 → 0.95) Blunder. Bxg7 was best. } (22. Bxg7 Bxg7 23. Rg5 Qe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg4 c4 26. dxc4 Ra5 27. h4 Rxa2 28. h5 Kh8) 22... Be5? { (0.95 → 2.77) Mistake. Bxg5 was best. } (22... Bxg5) 23. Bf4?? { (2.77 → 0.50) Blunder. f4 was best. } (23. f4 Qxg3+) 23... Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qe2 25. Rd7 Qe6?? { (0.11 → 4.69) Blunder. Rf8 was best. } (25... Rf8) 26. Rxa7 f6?! { (4.64 → 5.90) Inaccuracy. Rf8 was best. } (26... Rf8 27. Rb7 Qe2 28. Rxb6 Qxc2 29. b4 c4 30. dxc4 Qxc4 31. Rd6 Qxb4 32. Rxd4 Qa3 33. Ra4) 27. Qg3 Re7 28. Qb8+ Re8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. Ra6 Rb7 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Qf3 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qe7?! { (5.78 → 8.38) Inaccuracy. Re7 was best. } (33... Re7 34. Kg2 g6 35. a4 f5 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Rc7 38. b3 Qe6 39. g4 Qc6 40. Qxc6) 34. Qd5+ Kg6 35. h4 Ra7?? { (6.47 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qd7 was best. } (35... Qd7 36. Qe4+ f5 37. Qf3 Qf7 38. Rh8 Re7 39. Qh5+ Kf6 40. Qg5+ Ke6 41. Rb8 Kd7 42. Rb7+) 36. h5+ Kh6 37. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0